foot-sore

He was foot-sore, and limped noticeably as he took his place at the head of the sled.

FINIS 2010

Also, to one side, limped a score or more of foot-sore, yoke-galled, skeleton oxen, that ever paused to nip at the occasional tufts of withered grass, and that ever were prodded on by the tired-faced youths who herded them.

Chapter 12 2010

With the muddy winding of the track over the downs and through the woods, they had walked a good deal farther than the seven miles that he had guessed; they dropped down into Cocking tired and foot-sore and hungry and thirsty and happy.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

He counted the passing footsteps, the bumping of canteens and bullet boxes, foot-sore grunts and sighs of weariness.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

A superior bull was bought, also as a gift to Sekeletu, but I was compelled to leave it on account of its having become foot-sore.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

'Where to now?' someone asked, thinking along similar and foot-sore lines.

Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

Time Tours baggage handlers scrambled to the porter's assistance, hauling scattered luggage out of the way so the irate, foot-sore tourist could complete her check-in procedure and hobble over to the nearest chair.

Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000

Somebody had lost a fine dog, in Tamas* estimation, the day Zadny had slipped his leash: he had arrived in the ice wind, starved and foot-sore, refusing every hand but Tamas 'own, from which day he was Tamas' dog, and fastest of all the dogs Tamas used.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

Somebody had lost a fine dog, in Tamas* estimation, the day Zadny had slipped his leash: he had arrived in the ice wind, starved and foot-sore, refusing every hand but Tamas 'own, from which day he was Tamas' dog, and fastest of all the dogs Tamas used.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

Many of the men, foot-sore and weary from their march of the preceding day, found the pace up this hill too hard, and either dropped their bundles or fell out of line, with the result that we went into action with less than five hundred menas, in addition to the stragglers, a detachment had been left to guard the baggage on shore.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992